As noted by the team of researchers, just 25% of the population in Great Britain is aware of the ineffectiveness of cigarette ...

Cigarette butts have long been considered an environmental hazard, but new research is revealing a more immediate health threat. A recent study found that the microplastics from cigarette filters ...

A proposal to ban cigarette filters has raised eyebrows across the EU. While the bloc supports the idea in principle, it has so far refused to implement a measure that could significantly reduce the ...

Do cigarette filters provide any benefits to the smoker, or were they simply created by the tobacco companies to make customers think they were addressing the health risks of smoking? Filters seem to ...

The French don't mind if you smoke, but, s'il vous plaît, do not throw your cigarette butts on the charmingly cobblestoned streets of Montmartre. The city of Paris is installing thousands of ashtrays ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The tobacco addiction epidemic is a major public health problem worldwide. Professor Zhao Baolu and his group from the State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Science, Institute of Biophysics, ...

This is the "robot smoker" device which is designed to highlight the harmful effects of smoking. It works using a pump, a smoke collecting chamber, and a filter pad. As the cigarette burns, smoke ...